Good morning and happy Tombstone Tuesday, today were are celebrating Sarah Doprnblaser Ming. It always amuses me, while randomly taking a picture in a cemetery that I can come home with 5 pictures of one cemetery stone. While I was at Keokee Chapel Cemetery, I did just that with the stone of Sarah Dornblaser Ming. I could not identify who was on the stone. I asked if anyone could identify her on the Tombstone Tuesday site. My classmate Kevin Stiff knew her name, Kevin has also taken a number of photos at the cemetery, and done his own research.
Sarah is born 30 January 1844 was the daughter of Peter (1814-1903) and Mary Siglin (1820-1913) Dornblaser. Peter and Mary settled in Paradise Valley, Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pa where he was a carpenter. The family name is found in Canada and the U.S.A. between 1840-1920. the interesting fact is that five Dornblaser families were all living in Pennsylvania by 1840. This is 100% of all the recorded Dornblaser in the U.S.A. All Dornblasers in the USA (including Dornblazers and Dunblaziers) descend from Christian Gottlieb Dornblaser (b. May 24, 1726). A detailed genealogical study of the Dornblaser family can be found in Vol. 65 No. 1-4 of the American Genealogist published in 1990.
Sarah marries Nelson Ming (1846-1881) when she is about 16 and they move to Auburn, Susquehanna County, Pa They live with his parents William and Elizabeth, Sarah a housemaid and Nelson working on the family farm. Sarah and Nelson move back to Pennsylvania when their son Cyrus William Ming is born on 20 March 1869 known as C. William Ming he dies in Lehigh county on 30 October 1950. I can't find Sarah in 1870 but Nelson is working in New Jersey.
Sarah dies 8 March 1876 and is buried at the Keokee Chapel Cemetery near her parents. Peter and Mary raise Cyrus. Nelson leaves for the Dakota Territory and gets married again to a woman named Mary E. He died 9 March 1881 and a memorial stone is placed in the Jersey Hill Cemetery, Susquehanna County Pa.
If you visit: The address 279 Keokee Chapel Ln, Paradise Valley, PA 18326 the older stone surround the church. Please beware of small ground heaves and broken stones. Trip hazards every were.
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